Submitted by:

Robert L. Haddock

 

 

 

Surnames: BEHNKE, KUNZE, GUMMELT, SCHRAMM, GROPPEL, LOCKSTEADT, BENTHIN

 

 

 

MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Marlin, Falls Co., Texas

Saturday, May 20, 1939

 

Funeral Services Held For Victim of Tornado

Deceased, A Native Of Germany,
Had Resided In United States
Since Twenty Years Of Age;
Funeral At Cego

 

     Funeral services for Mrs. E. J. Behnke, 62, of Cego, who died at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday from injuries sustained when her residence was wrecked by a tornado, were held at 3 p.m. Friday from the St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church at Cego. Rev. Irvin C. Wolff of Waco and Rev. Julius Reichert of Seguin officiated at the services.

 

     Burial was in the Cego cemetery. Preceding the services at Cego, brief rites were held at Horne Funeral Home, Lott.

 

     Mrs. Behnke is survived by her husband; three daughters, Mrs. O. F. Kunze, Otto; Mrs. Alec Gummelt of Greenvine, and Mrs. F. A. Schramm, Waco; three sons, Max, Conrad and Willie Behnke, all of Cego; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Groppel of Robinson, Mrs. Emma Locksteadt of Bryan, and another who lives in Germany; a brother, Paul Benthin, of Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

     Mrs. Behnke was born in Germany and came to the United States when she was 20 years of age. She had lived near Cego for the past several years.